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  | | Louis Braille | |
  | | Louis Braille was born in 1809. | |
  | | He was born in a small town near Paris. | |
  | | When he was 3 years old, an accident made him blind. | |
  | | His parents wanted Louis to live a normal life. | |
  | | They taught him to walk with a cane. | |
  | | Using the cane he was able to walk around by himself. | |
  | | Although he was blind, he was a very good student. | |
  | | When he was 10, he went to a school for the blind in Paris. | |
  | | At his school there were books with raised letters. | |
  | | The raised letters made the books very big and heavy. | |
  | | Reading these books was very slow and difficult. | |
  | | Louis wanted to find a better way to print books for the blind. | |
  | | In 1821, he learned that soldiers wrote messages with raised dots. | |
  | | The raised dots made it possible to read the messages in the dark. | |
  | | He modified this writing to create the Braille system. | |
  | | The Braille system is used to print books for the blind. | |
  | | The Braille system has been used for over 200 years. | |
  | | In 1833 Louis became a professor at his school in Paris. | |
  | | Louis also studied music. | |
  | | He played the organ in churches all over Paris. | |
  | | Louis Braille had many health problems. | |
  | | He died in 1852 at the age of 40. | |